Pink Apologizes to Fans and Gives Health Update After Cancelling Sydney Show Due to Hospitalization

Pink is reaching out to thank her fans for their support as she continues to battle a lingering illness.
The "What About Us" singer was forced to cancel her Beautiful Trauma
World Tour concert in Sydney, Australia, last Friday after falling ill,
and was then admitted to the hospital on Sunday, released, and
readmitted on Monday and diagnosed with a gastric virus.

"Hi beautiful Sydney people. First, I want to say thank you to all of
the kind people out there for your well wishes for my speedy recovery,"
Pink wrote, alongside a photo of the Sydney Opera House, on Tuesday.

"On Monday, we were absolutely planning on going ahead with the show,
and about 20 minutes before I left for soundcheck, I was rushed to the
hospital, in excruciating pain. That was the reason for the late
cancellation. It was out of anyone’s control, and of course, wasn’t
planned that way," she continued. "I was discharged from hospital last
night, and am following doctors orders of liquids and rest."

The singer, who had six scheduled performances at the Qudos Bank Arena
in Sydney between Aug. 4 and Aug. 12, explained that the physically
demanding nature of her shows requires her to be in top shape, and it
would be unfair for concertgoers to get anything less than her A-game.

"A lot of you know how physical my shows are, and that I don’t just
stand in front a microphone and sing," Pink wrote. "I flip, dance, fly,
harness, silk, and scream my way through a total shit show of
awesomeness (no pun intended). Therefore, I need to be physically
healthy and well in order to perform this show. I think all of you
deserve the full show and me at my best."

The singer explained that she intended to be ready for her show on
Saturday and would be "drinking green tea, and spending time with my
kids" until then.

Pink also made sure to slam the paparazzi and photographers who, earlier
this week, snapped photos of the entertainer with her kids on the
beach, and insinuated that she'd canceled her show just to take the day
off -- a claim she vehemently denied.

"That’s a warning to paparazzi, you might actually see me walking
upright outside of my hotel room cage with two little children, and
another warning: I might even smile," Pink wrote. "Not too much, though.
I’ll try to control the smiling."

Pink has been enjoying the company of her adorable children --
7-year-old daughter Willow and 1-year-old son Jameson -- during her time
Down Under.

"My sincere apologies to any of the ticket holders that this has
affected, the rescheduled dates will be announced today. Thank you for
your patience, compassion, and support. I look forward to rocking out
with all of you as we have done for many many years. All of my love,"
Pink concluded, before sharing a special thank you with "the amazing
doctors and nurses at St Vincent’s Hospital for taking such good care of
me and getting me home to my kids."

This isn't the first time Pink has come down with a serious illness
during her Beautiful Trauma World Tour. In March, the songstress had to
postpone her Montreal show, explaining to fans at the time that her
"entire family have been battling this awful virus/flu for two weeks
now, and I have battled my way through these shows because postponing
sucks."

The month before, she also came down with a flu one day before she had
to sing the National Anthem at the start of Super Bowl LII, but she
still managed to deliver an astounding performance. Check out the video
below to see more.